Text 39741, 53 rader
Skriven 2006-09-24 17:55:04 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555.1)
  Kommentar till text 39661 av Jeff Smith (1:14/0)
Ärende: The Great Pretender
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Hello Jeff.

23 Sep 06 17:44, you wrote to me:

 MV>> There is a hard core of Z1 particpants here who have decided they
 MV>> will not accept an editor that is not one of them or one of their
 MV>> puppets.

 MV>> Face it Janis, the heart of the problem is that you guys in Z1
 MV>> refuse to accept that you no longer can impose your will on the
 MV>> rest of FidoNet.

 JS>      Why is it always a zone versus zone thing with you?

Because I am not afraid to call a spade a spade. And in this case it *is* a Z1
versus the rest thing.

 JS> It doesn't matter what zone a moderator is from. This echo is an
 JS> interzonal and shouldn't be limited to or belong to only one zone. In
 JS> fact a particular zone shouldn't even be an issue. Why not help in
 JS> trying to minimise any zonal conflicts instead of reinforcing them.

That sounds very nice, but it is denying the facts and sticking the head in the
sand. The American culture *is* different form the European and as a result you
Americans as a people are different from us Europeans. And it shows in the way
that you interact with others. Unfortunattly the way that you interact with
people is incompatible with ours sometimes.

My guess is that it has to do with the fact that you never had to deal with a
situation where you were forced to cooperate with others. America is big and
there is plenty of room. Can't get along with the neighbours? Just move on.
There is always more land.

In Europe we have run out of places to go long ago. We just *have* to cooperate
with the neighbours. Like it or not. There is no place to go. Moving west is no
solution. We *have* to compromise, we *have* to share scarce resources, we have
to accpet that not everyone can be alpha male.

You never were in a situation where it was cooperate or die. And so you never
*really* learned it.

You guys *are* different from us and it shows in these interzonal conflicts.

Denying or ignoring that is sticking the head in the sand.


Cheers,


Michiel

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